"Water Glass" Opaline Glass Service with Desvignes Decoration, Charles X

white opaline glass water service decorated in the Desvignes style with silver and gold. It comprises a carafe, a flask, a candlestick, and a tray in eglomisé glass decorated with a female bust and gilt bronze mounts. Charles X period, 1825. The carafe rests on a pedestal base; the body is decorated with a wreath of silver and gold flowers surrounded by raised gilt lines. A trellis pattern adorns the shoulders. It is closed with a ball stopper adorned with a petal rosette. The flask features a frieze of foliage surrounding a wreath of flowers. The shoulders are decorated with a trellis pattern, and the flask is finished with a ball stopper decorated with a petal rosette. The candlestick has a similar decoration. The tray rests on three hoof feet; the rim is decorated with a frieze of daisies and is openwork at the top. A crown of blue flowers surrounds a young woman with sloping shoulders dressed in a blue dress belted with a gold ribbon.

Tray dimensions: 29x29x5 cm;
Water carafe dimensions: 15x15x30 cm;
Candle holder dimensions: 6.5x6.5x8.5 cm
; Bottle dimensions: 8x8x18 cm

Circa: 1825

Condition report : signs of age on the foliage frieze decoration and gilding. Slight wear to the paint on the tabletop.